Overview

• Russian drone strikes injured 12 people in Kharkiv, including two children, with significant damage to civilian infrastructure across multiple districts.
• Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian thermobaric weapons depot in Donetsk and struck the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia, targeting key military assets.
• Fierce combat continues in the Pokrovsk sector, with Ukrainian defenders repelling dozens of assaults and inflicting heavy losses on Russian forces.
• Drone and artillery attacks in the Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions caused civilian casualties, damaged homes, and disrupted essential services.
• Ukrainian air defense successfully intercepted 107 Russian drones during widespread attacks, with 97 additional drones disappearing from radar.